St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 17

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 3 1 1 1
  Schofield ss 1 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 1 2 1
  Nelson 1b 1 0 1 0
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Repulski lf 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 0
Lockman cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 2 0
Poholsky p 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Liddle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 3 1 0
Reese ss 3 1 0 0
  Fernandez ss 1 2 1 0
Snider cf 5 2 4 3
  Walker c 1 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 0 0 1
  Jackson ph,3b 2 1 2 4
Amoros lf 3 2 1 1
  Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 1 2 1
Hodges 1b 3 1 2 1
Campanella c 4 0 0 1
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
Newcombe p 4 3 3 3
  Demeter cf 1 1 1 1
Totals 38 17 17 16
St. Louis 100 001 000282
Brooklyn 212 082 02x17170
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky  L(9-13) 2.2 5 5 4 4 2
  McDaniel   2.0 6 7 1 1 1
  Schmidt   0.0 1 1 0 3 0
  Konstanty   1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Liddle   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
17
17
9
10
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(25-6) 7.0 7 2 2 0 3
  Bessent  SV(8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
5

  E–Dark 2 (29).  DP–St. Louis 3. Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Nelson-Schofield, Boyer-Blasingame-Nelson.  2B–St. Louis Musial (31,off Newcombe); Nelson (7,off Bessent), Brooklyn Hodges (27,off McDaniel); Jackson 2 (15,off McDaniel,off Liddle); Fernandez (2,off Konstanty).  HR–St. Louis Dark (6,1st inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out); Musial (26,6th inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out), Brooklyn Newcombe 2 (2,2nd inning off Poholsky 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off Poholsky 1 on 2 out); Amoros (13,5th inning off McDaniel 0 on 0 out); Demeter (1,8th inning off Liddle 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Furillo (4,off Poholsky); Jackson (5,off Konstanty).  IBB–Amoros (6,by Poholsky).  Team–9.  SB–Reese (13,2nd base off Poholsky/Smith); Newcombe (1,2nd base off McDaniel/Smith).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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